Emily Dickinson A Concise Biography
(eVideo)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (32 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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eVideo
Language
English
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 19, 2011.
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Summary
This overview of the life and literature of Emily Dickinson from the Famous Authors series offers an insight into the reclusive author of 1,775 poems and a valuable collection of letters. The video depicts Dickinson's story as that of an individual in a society that smothers individuality and discusses the struggle of a female poet among male contemporaries. She did, however, know of and admire women writers like George Eliot and the Bronte sisters. She read avidly, and the video discusses the strong influence Shakespeare's work had on her. Dickinson lived next door to her closest friends, her brother Austin and his wife Susan Gilbert in the family house, The Homestead, in Amherst, Massachusetts, a place still influenced by the puritanical tradition of practicality, work ethic, and faith at the time, and despite her reclusive reputation did have other meaningful friendships and correspondences.
Reading Level
10 & up.
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Mode of access: Internet.
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System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
(20112005). Emily Dickinson: A Concise Biography. Infobase.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)20112005. Emily Dickinson: A Concise Biography. Infobase.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Emily Dickinson: A Concise Biography. Infobase, 20112005.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)(n.d.). Emily dickinson: a concise biography. New York, N.Y.: Infobase.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Emily Dickinson: A Concise Biography. Infobase, 20112005.
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